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RPG 7th Dragon III Code: VFD has shot to the top of the Japanese software charts in its first week. Sega’s new title outsold Super Mario Maker by almost four times last week, as Nintendo’s DIY game for the Wii U slipped to second. Meanwhile, former third place title FIFA …

Yakuza 5 will launch in the west next month, Sega has confirmed Ablog posttitled Top 5 Movies to Get Hyped for Yakuza 5” buries the lede of the PS3 title’s planned mid-November release for western territories. The new window is the result of a delay caused by "a few weird …

Previous Wii U-exclusive Sonic Lost World is coming to PC this year. Sega has announced that the platformer starring its blue blur will be launching as a digital download on November 2nd, and will include the Nightmare DLC that was released after. Those pre-ordering the game from participating outlets will …

Sega is set to offer 200 employees ‘voluntary retirement’ as it aims to improve profitability. The publisher expects to make a loss of 9.85m for the second quarter of the 2015 financial year. It has put much of this down to the delay of the release of its newpachislot and …

Operating income forecast falls by 57 per cent to £76.6m for first half of 2015 fiscal year

Sega has signed up as a partner for this year’s Games Media Awards. The publisher is sponsoring the Rising Star prize, which recognises the achievements of some of the newer gamers writers in the industry. Sega backed the category last year, too, which went to freelancer Kirk McKeand. Sega is …

The first publishers have added their support to MCV’s call for more digital download data. The Digital Counts campaign launched three weeks ago, calling on publishers and digital retailers to share their figures in-order to create an accurate games chart. Currently, only games sold in boxes are included in the …

Sega’s somewhat surprising platforming follow-up won’t arrive on 3DS this side of Christmas. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, which is a sequel to the commercially failed Boom titles of 2014, was announced in June and was due out on 3DS this year. The team at Sega has decided to delay …

Sega and Sports Interactive have announced a hat-trick of Football Manager releases, all of which are due to find the back of the net by the end of the year. Football Manager 2016 is the familiar desktop experience, and that’s due out on PC and Mac on November 13th. It …

Sega has reported negative financial results for its most recent quarter, though the firm’s games division had little to do with the poor performance. Sega Sammy Holdings posted a $63.8m loss overall, down 41.2 per cent compared to the same period last year. The company’s ‘pachislot and pachinko’ division – …